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This one came out of our own pocket, which is the only way anything gets reviewed here.

The first week is always the flattering week. Everything is new, the setup is fresh in your mind, and the small frictions have not accumulated yet. It is the week most reviews get written in, and it is the least useful one.

Filed under Dev & Security, which on this site means we care about the boring parts: whether it holds a connection, whether the app is still maintained a year from now, and whether anybody answers the phone when it breaks. The question is never whether a thing works in the shop. It is whether it still works in six months, on your network, alongside your other devices, without you having to think about it.

The full breakdown, including the parts that did not go well, is what the rest of this piece is for.

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Tomasz Mieczkowski

Writes the saas beat for Drafted Tech. Everything filed here was paid for at retail, which is the whole reason this site exists.

Comments (5)

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    ndegroot

    Jan 05, 2026 12:00

    Returned mine inside the window. Nothing wrong with it, it just was not worth what they are asking.

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    GreyMatter

    Jan 05, 2026 02:00

    Returned mine inside the window. Nothing wrong with it, it just was not worth what they are asking.

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    ndegroot

    Jan 04, 2026 18:00

    Does it work at all offline, or is it a brick without the cloud service?

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    ndegroot

    Jan 08, 2026 04:00

    Did you test it on mesh wifi? Mine drops every few days and support keeps telling me it is my router.

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    kaz

    Jan 06, 2026 12:00

    Returned mine inside the window. Nothing wrong with it, it just was not worth what they are asking.

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